Career

A PhD degree from DTU paves the way for a wide range of career opportunities. When you take a PhD degree, the education itself is particularly valuable. You will learn to understand complex research and complicated problems, to handle frustrating situations and solve research challenges. These skills are not only necessary in your academic work, but also highly relevant in industrial research and development laboratories and start-up businesses. PhD's are often employed as analysts and consultants based on their well-developed analytical skills.

A recent survey of PhD graduates from DTU between 2010 and 2014 shows that 74% of our graduates have found employment before completing their PhD degrees, 29% have been headhunted, 78% are employed as researchers and 47% are employed in the private sector.

Technical University of Denmark

Founded in 1829 with the mission of creating value for the benefit of society, DTU is an international elite technical university where education, scientific advice, and innovation rest on a solid foundation of world-class research.

The University is at the academic and multidisciplinary forefront of the technical and the natural sciences—with new initiatives in a number of demanding engineering disciplines, including sustainable energy technology and life science.